The one with Melinda Gate's interview
Tackle gender bias/ prejudice/ discrimination
Although we are living in a peaceful world, many women around the world are still encountering gender bias in the workplace. This is happening even in developed countries where women role have been recognized in society. It is important to tackle gender bias because this is a very serious issue that has practical effects in limiting women's career opportunities
Pose a few questions
I joined a TEDxDakao the other day and I was lucky enough as I had a chance to pose a few questions to the speakers at the event
What responsibility do you feel, if any, to write fiction that helps elevate the way the world sees - and treats-girls?
feel a responsibility to write about girls in ways that acknowledge the reality of gender bias
can be destructive and hurtful
Girls who are not contingent upon what boys think of them
bravely escaped slavery
Believe in the social norms he's been taught
Your struggles with anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder
mental illness
help them feel less alone
accessible introduction to
the are many wonderful novels about young people living with mental illness
I'm stuck for my entire existence inside of one particular consciousness, looking at the world through only one set of eyes
tend to imagine
give someone hope
maintain your optimism
human consciousness
absolute poverty and infant mortality are in decline
feel discouraged
feel despair
it leads me toward apathy rather than action. One of the reasons I loved your book was because you tell the stories of so many people who've held on to their optimism despite ample reason for despair
people who through their hope managed to bring positive change to the world
know how impactful an important story well-told can be
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